Safety hook



Dec. 8,1925 5 v J. SCHWARTZ SAFETY Hoox Filed Sept. 15. 1924 E- 'E- I Jesse \S'ch warn,"

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Patented Bee; 8, 1 $25.

JESSE sent/vanes, or Kansas cirY, nitssouni.

, SAFETY nook.

4 mm filed September 15, 1924. 'Seria1'No.'737,8 96 .f jj 1 To all 107mm itmiag/ concern.

Be itgknownthat I,'Jns'se Soi wnn'rz, a citizen of the "United States, residing-at Kansas City, in the eounty'ofJackson and State of lviissournhave invented certain new,v

andusefu'l Improvements in Safety Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to safety hooksand my principal object is to provide a hook over which one link of a chain can be easily I engaged or disengaged by hand, but is not likely to become accidentally disengaged one from each end of a grain car, and are drawn forwardly bv draft cables attached to chains engaged over hooks on the shovels. As the cables cross each other the cables of one shovel, ,at times .engages under one of the links hooked to the other shovel and disengages said link, thereby putting both shovels out of operation andcausing loss of valuable time. At times one cable also gets caught between one of the links and hooks of the other shovel and thus becomes damaged to such an extent as'to soon become useless, thereby resulting in a loss of time and cable.

By employingmy hooks delay from the causes above referred are not likely to occur it almost impossible for-the accidents al'iove-mentioned to happen. I In order that the invention may be fully understood, reference will now be had to the accompanying drawing in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a power shovel equipped with my devices. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the parts disclosed by Fig, 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail front eleva tion of one of the devices.

Fig. a is a vertical longitudinal section on line IVIV of Fig. 3.

Referring now in detail to the different parts, A, designates a' shovel suchas is commonly employed in unloading grain cars. Said shovel A, is equipped with the usual draft cable B and chain C, the end. links of which latter are engaged over hooks 1 on members 2 constituting partso-f the present invention, Each member 2 consists ofi the hook 1 a base 5 formed integral with one end offsai'd hook, "and athreaded shank 8 fixedzto the-"opposite side'of, the:

base 6 fromwhich' said hook s1' pr ojejc'ts The hook 1 extends ,forwardly from --the ease 2 and is curved upwardly and rear wardly and ends in an inwardly turned terminal 10.

' '12 designates avv shield which cooperates i with the hook 1 in holding the'co engagin link of. the chain C from accidental dis placement. Said shield12 consists of a base 14 and arim 16. The base 14 has a recess 18 in which'the base 6 of the member 2 .v

snugly fits, it being prevented from turning by an integral lug 20 which extends through a corresponding slot 22 in the base'l l. Said lug 20 also projectsinto the body of the shovel A and prevents the shank 8 fr0m-v turning with. the nut 28 when the same' is" screwed up. I

fl The rim 16 part ally surrounds. and tapers i towardsthe enlarged portion 24 of the hook Y I i 1, while itswidest portion 26 extends over the terminal 10. The upper portion and sides so of the rim 12 are spaced far enough from. 1

the adjacent portions of the hook 1 "to. per i mit the link of the chainG to be engaged a with and disengaged. manually from said V hook 1, but when in engagement it is almost impossible for the link to become accidently; disengaged owing to the protective rim 16. The rim 16 also preventsthe draft cablefof;

the opposing shovellfrom d'islo(iljgingv said link or getting under the associate hook,

and becoming damaged.

The members 2 and the shields 120 -1 5 ing assembled are readily secured to the shovel A by passing the shanks 8 through corresponding holes in the shovelandtightening up the units 21.

From the foregolng description 'itis apparent that I have provided a relatively simple and inexpensive device embodying. the'a-dvantages above pointed out, and while I have shown and described the preferred construction, combination-and arrangement of parts, I reserve the right to make such changes as properly fall within the spir'it lg;

and scope of the in ention asclaimed.

' Havingthus described my invention, what" I claim-and desire to, secure by Letters A Patent, is; I

1. A device. I of said rim, a base fixed to, said and'remeter ared: ,1;

movably seated in the first-mentioned base,

and afthreaded shank projecting fromv the second base through a hole in the first base.

2. A device of the character described consisting of a base, a rim projecting from said base, a hook partially surrounded byv said rim, a base fixed to said hook and removably seated in the first-mentioned base, a shank projecting from the second base through a hole in the first base, and coengaging means on said bases to prevent independent rotation thereof;

8. A. devicejof the character described consisting of a base, a shank projecting. from one side of said base, a hook projecting from the opposite side of said base and curved upwardly and rearwardly and thence downwardly to approximately parallel its upwardly curved portion, and a shield separable from said hook having a hole for the passage of said shank, a recess to receive said base, and a rim surrounding the top and sides of the upper 'rearwardly and 

